The event that made it clear that the Civil War was a fight to abolish slavery in the United States was President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Issued on January 1, 1863, the Proclamation declared that all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory were to be set free, transforming the war into a struggle for liberation and positioning the abolition of slavery as a central goal of the Union war effort.
Which event made it clear that the Civil War was a fight to abolish slavery in the United States?
the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox
the founding of the Confederate States of America
France’s decision not to send aid to the Confederacy
President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
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